Pessary



No. 6l4,895 Patented Nov. 29, I898.

H. ROEBEB.

PESSARY.

(Application filed Sept. 20, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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PATENT HERMAN ROEBER, OF KIEL, \VISCON SIN.

PESSARY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 614,895, dated November 29, 18 98.

Application filed September 20,1897. Serial No. 652,274- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN RonBER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Kiel, in the county of Manitowoc and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Instruments for Uterine Treatment; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention has for its object to. provide a simple, economical, and efficacious instrument for medical treatment of uterine disorders; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts hereinafter particularly set forth, with reference to the accompanying drawings, and subsequently claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents an elevation of my improvedinstrument, having a rubber-shield portion thereof partly broken away to disclose a continuous spiral spring constituting an important feature in the pre-' ferred construction of the instrument; Fig. 2, a partly-sectional view of said instrument, indicated by line 2 2 in the succeeding figure; and Fig. 3, a plan view of the aforesaid instrument.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents a cup made from aluminium or other suitable non-corrosive material and containing an integral or otherwise rigid central post B, the length of this post being greater than the depth of the cup. The inner end of the post is preferably of gradually-increased thickness adjacent to the bottom of the cup, and the outer end of the said post is preferably in the form of a bead tapered toa blunt point. It is'preferable, as herein shown, to provide the post with a bead intermediate of its extremities, and each beaded portion of said post is transversely apertured to form a receptacle for medicine.

Adjacent to its rim the cup A is shown provided with a series of apertures at regular intervals of its circumference, and these apertures are engaged by the coils of a continuous spiral spring 0, that constitutes an elastic ring, and a shield D, of rubber, is employed in connection with said cup and spring to inclose the latter.

Extending into the lower end of post B from the cup-bottom is a screw-tapped recess for the engagement of the screw-threaded end 1) of a rod E, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, this rod being employed as a detachable handle for the assemblage of parts aforesaid.

In practice the post B enters the mouth of a uterus, and the neck of the latter comes within the cup A, the spring 0 acting by contraction on this neck to hold said post and cup in place while the medicine carried by the former is being absorbed, it being understood that rod E may be readily detached after the other parts of the instrument are positioned.

The rubber covering D about the spring 0 prevents the latter from irritating the neck of the uterus and affords equal bearing at all points around the same, this rubber covering also acting to prevent corrosive matter from having contact with said spring. While the coil-spring ring and its rubber covering constitute what has thus far been found the preferred means for holding the cup and post in place with respect to a uterus, some other elastic ring in like arrangement with respect to the cup-rim may be found suitable for the same purpose, and therefore come within the scope of my invention.

The cup positioned as above described operates to effectually shield the uterus while the same is under treatment, and this is a matter of considerable importance.

' The cup and parts in permanent connection therewith may remain connected to a uterus for an indefinite time without giving discomfort to the patient, and they may be readily removed by the replacing of rod E in working position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. An instrument for uterine treatment, the same comprising a cup having a transversely-apertured center post and a screwtapped bottom recess extending into said post for the engagement of a screw-threaded rod that constitutes a detachable handle, and an elastic ring in connection with the cup to extend beyond its rim.

2. An instrument for uterine treatment, the same comprising a cup having a transversely-apertured center post and a screwtappe'd bottom recess extending into said post for the engagement of a screw-threaded rod have hereunto set my hand, at Kiel, in the that constitutes a detachable handle, an elascounty of Manitowoc and State of Wisconsin, tic ring consisting of a continuous spiral in the presence of two witnesses.

spring having its coils engaged with aper- HERM. ROEBER. 5 tures in the cup adjacent to the rim thereof, \Vitnesses:

and a rubber covering for said ring. WM. MATTHAEUS,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I EDWARD BAUMANN. 

